Fighting Harada vs. Alan Rudkin

Fighting Harada 118 lbs beat Alan Rudkin 117 lbs by UD in round 15 of 15

• Date: 1965-11-30
• Location: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
• Referee: Ko Toyama 74-66
• Judge: Hiroyuki Tezaki 74-65
• Judge: Nick Pope 72-70

• "World bantamweight champion Masahiko (Fighting) Harada battered game Alan Rudkin for 15 thrilling, bitterly-fought rounds Tuesday night for his first successful defense of the title. The powerfully built little Japanese dropped the rangy Briton in the last seconds of the 1st round (it looked to some like a slip but the referee ruled it a knockdown) and blasted him from rope to ringpost until the final bell. Rudkin took everything Harada dished out and made a spirited rally when the arm-weary champ tired in the closing rounds." - Pacific Stars and Stripes
• Rudkin's manager, Bobby Neill complained to WBA president James Deskin that Harada was wearing a plaster patch, covering a small cut over his left eye, which Neill spotted while checking Harada's handwraps in the dressing room. When Harada entered the ring still wearing it, Neill cited the WBA rules to Deskin that a fighter could not wear protection of any kind and refused to let his fighter go on until it was removed. The patch was then removed in the ring.
• Unofficial Pacific Stars & Stripes scorecard: 74-64 Harada
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